In this May 2, 2010 file image, a police officer approaches the vehicle containing a car bomb, which stands with the door open, and reaches down to lift a red canister on the roadway in Times Square. (AP Photo/APTV, File)

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If Faisal Shahzad had built his bomb the way he planned to, thousands would have died as the force from his exploding SUV turned nearby vehicles into a spray of razor-sharp projectiles and surrounding buildings' windows into a rainfall of glass shards. Others would have been trampled to death running away in the ensuing panic. That's what the FBI found in a simulation carried out secretly in Pennsylvania last month, the New York Post reports.

"It would have been the biggest thing ever to happen in this country since Sept. 11," a law enforcement source said. "It definitely would have been bigger than Oklahoma City." But while the FBI followed Shahzad's original plans in its secret test, the failed Times Square bomber cut corners, substituting cheaper and less effective components. "This attempt failed," one source said. "But no one thinks this is the only time someone is going to try to blow something up in Times Square."

UTTER bullshit, surely? Why would THIS car bomb suddenly have killed MANY more people than any others have to date? Hint: Fundraising for "Home Security". (The memo said "Keep up the scare tactics at all costs").

btwforever

Jul 21, 2010 7:23 AM CDT

In the the explosion in Oklahoma City at the Murrah Federal Building, 328 building were damaged or destroyed and the resulting damage was estimated to be (in 1995 dollars) $650 million. 168 people were kiiled. A thousand in NYC? Pure New York Post bullshit.